Math reflection By: Maria Erz
This year in Ms. Mannon and Ms. Wester's math class I have learned so much. We have used program called Connected Math! There are 8 books. Out of the 8 math books we have done 6 of them. The ones we did were Bits and Pieces 1Bits and Pieces2 Prime time, Shapes and Designs, Covering and Surrounding and How Likely Is It. Some of the books have unit projects that we have to complete by the time we finish the book. One time we all made a recipe. Some of them sounded really good. See these books show us it is all connected. The homework we usually did in math class is ACE. Ace stands for Applications, Connections, and Extensions. We also do reflections at the end of all the investigation. The reflections reflect on what we learned and worked on in the investigation.
In our note books we have different sections for papers, class work, homework, assessments, and reference. We also need to have a note book check list. That is were we write our homework for the night. We have a clear bag in there that holds different things from the book were on. Such as when we were doing things with shapes and we had our own cut out shapes in the bag.
Each of the units we do in math opens with a couple of questions that talk about what we are going to do in that unit. When we read about them we kind of get a feel for what the unit will be like. These questions usually turn up later in one of the problems in the book. An example that I took from the book “Shapes and Designs,” for these questions is= “What property of a hexagon makes it a good shape for the cells of a combined honeycomb.” That is a little like how the book opens up.
In every book they have highlights that are very important things in the books. They are like a set of achievements for us. The high lights can help me and the rest of us focus on key things from the book. It also helps us keep track of our progress.
An example of some highlight from Shapes and Designs is, Identify some important properties, recognize polygonal shapes both in and out of the classroom, investigate reflection and rotation symmetries of shape, estimate the measures of angles by comparing them to right angle or other benchmark angles.
I liked the book Shapes and Designs! In this book we learned about shapes and angles. One of the most fun things we did was learning about the tiling. We learned that the bees like to use hexagons to make their honey combs. They use hexagons because they all fit into 360 degrees. Soon after we started working on tiles and such Sometimes we tried to see which shapes could tile together. It turns out that squares and triangles work. Also many other shapes, but in order to be able to tile the shapes can not over lap or have any gaps. We also learned about angles too! In class we did things when we would have to figure what degrees each of the angles were. There are different types of angles also. There is an acute angle which is when the angle has a degree less then 90 degrees. An obtuse angle is an angle that has a degree greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. Last but not least an angle that has a degree exactly 180 degrees is a straight angle. We also learned in Shapes and Designs about polygons and non polygons. A polygon is formed by line segments, called sides, so that each of the segments exactly two other segments, meet are endpoints of the segments. Also it has to be a closed figure! I learned about symmetries in shapes and designs too! The symmetries that we learned about were reflection symmetry and rotation symmetry. Reflection symmetry is when a shape has two halves that are mirror images of each other. If the shape is folded over its line of symmetry, the two halves of the shape match exactly. Rotation symmetry is when you rotate a shape less then a full turn it looks exactly as it looked before you rotated it. An example of a shape that has both symmetries is a square. There many other shapes to. We also learned about when you build bridges that a triangle is the best shape to use. It is the best shape to use because you have more support to hold it up. If you had a square it would collapse.
I learned so much in Connected Math this year. I’m surprised to say I’m ready to learn more. Connected Math is a very good way to learn math. I think I have done much better this year with the math unit. Hopefully I will continue to do well in math class. Oh and one last thing! Oranges to oranges, apples to apples no ORPPLES!!!! That is the saying we use in our math class.
By: Maria Erz
This year in Ms. Mannon and Ms. Wester's math class I have learned so much. We have used program called Connected Math! There are 8 books. Out of the 8 math books we have done 6 of them. The ones we did were Bits and Pieces 1Bits and Pieces2 Prime time, Shapes and Designs, Covering and Surrounding and How Likely Is It. Some of the books have unit projects that we have to complete by the time we finish the book. One time we all made a recipe. Some of them sounded really good. See these books show us it is all connected. The homework we usually did in math class is ACE. Ace stands for Applications, Connections, and Extensions. We also do reflections at the end of all the investigation. The reflections reflect on what we learned and worked on in the investigation.
In our note books we have different sections for papers, class work, homework, assessments, and reference. We also need to have a note book check list. That is were we write our homework for the night. We have a clear bag in there that holds different things from the book were on. Such as when we were doing things with shapes and we had our own cut out shapes in the bag.
Each of the units we do in math opens with a couple of questions that talk about what we are going to do in that unit. When we read about them we kind of get a feel for what the unit will be like. These questions usually turn up later in one of the problems in the book. An example that I took from the book “Shapes and Designs,” for these questions is= “What property of a hexagon makes it a good shape for the cells of a combined honeycomb.” That is a little like how the book opens up.
In every book they have highlights that are very important things in the books. They are like a set of achievements for us. The high lights can help me and the rest of us focus on key things from the book. It also helps us keep track of our progress.
An example of some highlight from Shapes and Designs is, Identify some important properties, recognize polygonal shapes both in and out of the classroom, investigate reflection and rotation symmetries of shape, estimate the measures of angles by comparing them to right angle or other benchmark angles.
I liked the book Shapes and Designs! In this book we learned about shapes and angles. One of the most fun things we did was learning about the tiling. We learned that the bees like to use hexagons to make their honey combs. They use hexagons because they all fit into 360 degrees. Soon after we started working on tiles and such Sometimes we tried to see which shapes could tile together. It turns out that squares and triangles work. Also many other shapes, but in order to be able to tile the shapes can not over lap or have any gaps. We also learned about angles too! In class we did things when we would have to figure what degrees each of the angles were. There are different types of angles also. There is an acute angle which is when the angle has a degree less then 90 degrees. An obtuse angle is an angle that has a degree greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. Last but not least an angle that has a degree exactly 180 degrees is a straight angle. We also learned in Shapes and Designs about polygons and non polygons. A polygon is formed by line segments, called sides, so that each of the segments exactly two other segments, meet are endpoints of the segments. Also it has to be a closed figure! I learned about symmetries in shapes and designs too! The symmetries that we learned about were reflection symmetry and rotation symmetry. Reflection symmetry is when a shape has two halves that are mirror images of each other. If the shape is folded over its line of symmetry, the two halves of the shape match exactly. Rotation symmetry is when you rotate a shape less then a full turn it looks exactly as it looked before you rotated it. An example of a shape that has both symmetries is a square. There many other shapes to. We also learned about when you build bridges that a triangle is the best shape to use. It is the best shape to use because you have more support to hold it up. If you had a square it would collapse.
I learned so much in Connected Math this year. I’m surprised to say I’m ready to learn more. Connected Math is a very good way to learn math. I think I have done much better this year with the math unit. Hopefully I will continue to do well in math class. Oh and one last thing! Oranges to oranges, apples to apples no ORPPLES!!!! That is the saying we use in our math class.